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Innovation: Dr. Padi Boyd Of NASA Discusses TESS

NASA is scheduled to launch a new Satellite next week.  TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is an all-sky survey mission to discover thousands of exoplanets. Dr. Padi Boyd, Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and deputy project scientist for the test mission discusses the project and why we need to discover new planets.

Cara Hetland is the Director of Radio and Journalism Content for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.